Japanese teen wins Skate America men's crown
Japanese teenager Shoma Uno landed three quadruple jumps to capture the Skate America men's title by winning Sunday's free-skate event at the ISU Grand Prix season opener.
The 18-year-old from Nagoya captured his second career Grand Prix title after last year in France with 279.34 points to defeat 2015 American champion Jason Brown by 10.96 with reigning US champion Adam Rippon third on 261.43.
Uno, the youngest Skate America champion since France's Brian Joubert in 2002, became the fourth Japanese men's winner in the past five Skate Americas. The title has gone to a Japanese man in nine of 12 years.
Uno, who won Saturday's short program as well, took the free skate with 190.19 points with Brown, who missed most of last season with a back injury, second on 182.63 and Rippon third on 174.11.
Uno was last year's Skate America runner-up in his senior-level Grand Prix debut and third in last season's Grand Prix Final at Barcelona.
The ice dance final was set to be contested later Sunday with Americans Maria and Alex Shibutani leading after the short program.